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גָּלַשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1570

sit — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

sit tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גָּלַשׁ: vb. sit, sit up recline tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. sit, sit up, possibly also recline (cf. Arabic جَلَسَ sit up; so Thes De al. (not Ew))—only Pf. (שֶׁ)גָּֽלְשׁוּ Ct 4:1; 6:5 שֶׁגָּֽלְשׁוּ מ(הר) גִּלְעָד of flocks of goats, in sim. of a woman’s hair; construction & sense rather awkward.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they have descended (2).

In the verses

Song of Songs 6:5 · tree →

הָסֵ֤בִּי עֵינַ֙יִךְ֙ מִנֶּגְדִּ֔י שֶׁ֥הֵ֖םהִרְהִיבֻ֑נִי שַׂעְרֵךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הָֽעִזִּ֔ים שֶׁגָּלְשׁ֖וּ מִן־הַגִּלְעָֽד׃

Word for word: turn eyes your from before me that they they have.confused.me hair your [is].like.(the) flock of.(the) she-goats which they.have.descended from (the) Gilead

JPS 1917: Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from Gilead.

Song of Songs 4:1 · tree →

הִנָּ֨ךְ יָפָ֤ה רַעְיָתִי֙ הִנָּ֣ךְ יָפָ֔ה עֵינַ֣יִךְ יוֹנִ֔ים מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵ֑ךְ שַׂעְרֵךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הָֽעִזִּ֔ים שֶׁגָּלְשׁ֖וּ מֵהַ֥ר גִּלְעָֽד׃

Word for word: here you [are].beautiful my.friend my here you [are].beautiful eyes your [are].doves from behind to veil your hair your [is].like.(the) flock of.(the) she-goats which they.have.descended from the.mountain of.Gilead

JPS 1917: Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil; thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from mount Gilead.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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